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Part II: The Reluctant (Irish) Spring Cleaner

Part II: The Reluctant (Irish) Spring Cleaner

In my last post I confessed that I can live with a certain amount of domestic squalor right through the winter months. But as Spring rattles the old double helix...

Part II: The Reluctant (Irish) Spring Cleaner

In my last post I confessed that I can live with a certain amount of domestic squalor right through the winter months. But as Spring rattles the old double helix...

When Freezers Fail, Canning Saves the Day!

When Freezers Fail, Canning Saves the Day!

When a hunter friend of ours had his freezer that was packed with venison go out, he decided to bless us with some of the thawed hunks of meat. Knowing...

When Freezers Fail, Canning Saves the Day!

When a hunter friend of ours had his freezer that was packed with venison go out, he decided to bless us with some of the thawed hunks of meat. Knowing...

Part I: The Reluctant (Irish) Spring Cleaner

Once a year when the sun comes out I acquiesce to the siren call to clean. Perhaps a good spring clear out and clean up is so ancestrally atavistic even...

Part I: The Reluctant (Irish) Spring Cleaner

Once a year when the sun comes out I acquiesce to the siren call to clean. Perhaps a good spring clear out and clean up is so ancestrally atavistic even...

"Home Grown" Maple Syrup

It’s not difficult to make maple syrup. The supplies are inexpensive—I spent about $25 for two bags, holders and spouts that can be reused year after year.

"Home Grown" Maple Syrup

It’s not difficult to make maple syrup. The supplies are inexpensive—I spent about $25 for two bags, holders and spouts that can be reused year after year.

Swishing, swapping, donating - it's all recycling

"It struck me that this swishing, swapping and donating is all recycling. Donating is not just something that is worthy, socially responsible and environmentally friendly. It's an exchange of abundance..."

Swishing, swapping, donating - it's all recycling

"It struck me that this swishing, swapping and donating is all recycling. Donating is not just something that is worthy, socially responsible and environmentally friendly. It's an exchange of abundance..."

Life as a Lehman

Life as a Lehman

Having grown up with the name Lehman, I have lived the life of misspellings. So much so, in fact, that I keep a file of them.

Life as a Lehman

Having grown up with the name Lehman, I have lived the life of misspellings. So much so, in fact, that I keep a file of them.